koko
\ko.ko\
The verdict
“koko” is uncommon French (frequency #54,064 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,064
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel en Afrique équatoriale de Gnetum africanum et de Getum buchholzianum, liane de la famille des Gnetaceae, dont les feuilles sont utilisées comme condiment ou cuites comme légume, cette pla...
Corpus desk
Index FR-koko · koko · French
koko · rank #54,064 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,064
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH klaxonner
Nearest frequency peer: klaxonner (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « koko »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kibboutz
kibboutz
45,940 corpus weight
- klaxonner
klaxonner
45,938 corpus weight
- koko
koko
45,937 corpus weight
- Laeken
Laeken
45,936 corpus weight
- lambeau
lambeau
45,934 corpus weight
- lando
lando
45,933 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « koko » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | koko |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ko\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,064 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « koko » en français
Rare enough to double-check
koko is uncommon French at frequency #54,064 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for koko in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is koko, spelled K-O-K-O.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel en Afrique équatoriale de Gnetum africanum et de Getum buchholzianum, liane de la famille des Gnetaceae, dont les feuilles sont utilisées comme condiment ou cuites comme légume, cette plante sert aussi pour confectionner des cordes et possède divers usages médicaux.
- 2Condiment et feuilles provenant de cette liane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how koko appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le koko peut aussi être planté, autour des villages ou dans les jardins de case.
Quelques pincées de koko sont ajoutées en fin de cuisson pour préparer le poisson fumé, les chenilles, le bœuf ou le poulet.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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